Type-containing channel.



No. 657,874. Patented Sept. Il, |900. L. K. JOHNSON & A. A. LOW. TYPE CNTAINING CHANNEL.

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No. 657,874. Patented sept. Il, lno. L. K. JOHNSON & A. A'. Low.

TYPE CONTAINING CHANNEL.

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LOUIS KOSSU'IH JOHNSON AND ABBOT' AUGUSTUS LOW, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNORS TO rPHE ALDEN TYPE MACHINE COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

TYPE-CONTAINING CHANNEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part df Letters Patent No. 657.874, dated September 11, 1906. `Application filed January 18, 1899. Serial No. 702,517. (No model.)

To U/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, LOUIS KossUTH JOHN- soN and ABBOT AUGUSTUS LOW, citizens of the United States, residing in New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and lower end of a channel by a reciprocating pusher into position to be conveniently removed bythe hand of the compositor. In the present instance our improvements are designed to aord a type-containing channel of comparatively cheap and simple structure, the parts of which may be readily assembled or separated and are interchangeable. By our invention the channel is readily adaptable to different fonts of type and affords convenient access to the types when in the channels.

The invention consists in the special construction, arrangement, and combination of parts hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents a side elevation of our improved type-containing channel; Fig. 2, a view of the interior of the channel, the right-hand side plate being removed; Fig. 3, a similar view with the left-hand side plate removed; Fig. 4, a front edge View; Fig. 5, a rear edge View, Fig. 6, a sectional elevation showing types in the channel; Fig. 7, a sectional elevation upon plane of line 7 7, Fig. 1. Fig. 8 is a top View; Fig. 9, a similar view with the retaining-strips omitted; Fig. 10, a transverse section upon piane of line 10 10, Fig. l; Fig. 11, a transverse section upon plane of line 11, Fig. 1; Fig. 12, au isometrical perspective of a portion of one of the retainingstrips; Figs. 13 and 14, isometrical Views of opposite sides of one of the-spacing-blocks; Fig. 15, an isometrical View of the lower spacing-block, showing the pusher-way. Fig. 16 is a top View of the channel, showing the relation of the retaining-strips to the type. Figs. 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16 are shown upon an enlarged scale.

Our improved type-containing channel consists, essentially, of two plates A and A', united by spacing-blocks B. These spacingblocks B are of a thickness equal to the width of the type to be accommodated, so that by having a series of blocks B corresponding in thickness to diiferent fonts of types the sido walls may be adapted to the requirements of a corresponding series of fonts. The side walls are attached to the blocks B by screws s, the heads of which are preferably countersunk in the side walls, as indicated in the drawings.

In order to guide and retain the types Within the channel, we provide strips c c, preferably of at sheet metal, which extend longitudinally within the channel and at either side thereof. These strips act as guidingshoulders to the types, the one abutting against the heels of the types, the other against the shoulders t upon the face of the types, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 16. The strips c c are clamped in position by and between the inner surface of the side walls and the adjoining surfaces of the spacing-blocks B, the latter being formed with osets or recesses b b for the reception of the strips. In lieu of strips of dat sheet metal strips of wire may be substituted, to be stretched between the spacing-blocks for the purpose of preventing the movement of the types in the line of their longitudinal axes.

The plates A A' are formed with longitudinal openings L L, those in the opposed walls preferably coinciding with each other, so as to afford convenient access for the finger and thumb of the handler in correcting the alinenient of the types, if necessary, or otherwise manipulating them or the slug or follower. The openings L L also render the types visible, so that the condition of the channel and its column of type can be readily ascertained.

Our channels may be taken apart for con- IOO '- venient storage when not required for use or for the sake of economy in transportation and may be again quickly assembled by unskilled labor. In fact, the parts being interchangeable and spacing-blocks of diierent thicknesses being provided, our improvements aord and render possible What may be designated as a universal knockdown channel or series thereof adapted to all the different requirements of practical use in connection with fonts of types of dierent sizes.

What We claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the side walls A, A',

gether to form a rigid type-containing channel, substantially in the manner shown and described.

LOUIS KOSSUTH JOHNSON. ABBOT AUGUSTUS LOW.

Witnesses:

GEO. WM. MIATT, D. W. GARDNER. 

